Three students drown in Odisha's reservoir while taking photographs

KORAPUT: Three college students drowned in Upper

Kolab

reservoir in Odisha's

Koraput

district after slipping into deep waters while taking photographs, police said on Sunday.

Some second year students of computer science degree course of

Koraput Government

College had gone near the reservoir to celebrate the birthday of a friend on Saturday, a delayed report said.

Three of the students slipped and drowned in the deep waters while taking pictures. They were pulled out by others in the group, police said.

The three were rushed to the

SLN Medical College

and Hospital where they were declared brought dead, a police officer said.

"An investigation has been launched to ascertain the circumstances in which the accident took place," Sub- Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Koraput, Balabhadra Deep said.

The district administration has sanctioned Rs 10,000 each to the bereaved families, sources said.